Feed-trough.



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FEED THOUGH.

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, Patented May 7, 1912.

Application filed February #1, 1911. Serial I Noi $9,928. i

To all whom it may concern:

State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feed-Troughs, of which thefollowing 1s a spe'clfica'tiony reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

vices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is partly a plan and partly a horizontal sectional view of the feed trough provided with my improved guard or cover, the plane of:

section being indicated by the line a-a of mg. 2. same showing the guard in one position in full lines, and in another position in dotted lines. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views.

The trough 1 here shown for the purposes of this specification comprises a pair of downwardly converging boards 2, which form the walls of the trough and a pair of end boards 3, which are disposed trans versely with respect to the boards 2, and secured to the ends thereof, the boards 2 being disposed medially of the end boards 3.

In accordance with my invention, I provide a pair of guiding and supporting arch bars 4 which form open rings and the ends 5 of which extend downwardly and are secured to the inner sides of the end boards 3.

at points just beyond the outer sidesof the inclined Walls or boards 2, by means of bolts 6. These arched bars extend above the trough and also extend across the ends there-, f of as shown, and are provided with guide Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the andis'of suitable radius. The length of the tensive with the's'pace between the arch bars 4 and the saidguai d is provided at its sides with rods 10 which are secured thereto, preferably by bending the sides of the guard around the said rods, and the ends 11 of the said rods project from the ends of the/guard and operate in the slots 7. Hence the cover practice is preferably made of sheet metal Be it known that L'CHARLES A. GAYLoR, a. citizen of the United States, residing at. \Vinchester, in the'county of Randolph and 5- orguard is slidably connected to the arched stood by reference to the drawings, that when the cover or guard is disposed .to either sid of the trough the ends '11 of one ofthe rods 10 will be at the bottom ofthe slots 7, on one side of the bars 4, and the ends of the other rod 10 will be at the upper'ends of the slots on the other sides of thesaid bars.

At the center of the cover or guard on the outer side thereof, is a transversely disposed reinforcing strap 12 which is made of iron or other suitable metal and the ends of which are bent to form handles 13, which may be grasped and employed in shifting the guard to one side or the other of the trough, as may be desired. This strap 12, in addition to reinforcing the cover or guard, and greatly strengthening the same, also provides the handles by means of which the guard maybe operated. At the centerof the guard on its outer side near its ends,

are longitudinally disposed reinforcing bars 14, which are riveted'or otherwise suitably secured thereto and are provided at thei1' outer ends with ofi-set portions 15 the inner sides of which form notches 16, which engage the outer sides or' peripheries of the arch bars 4. Hence the bars 14 are slidably engaged with the. arch bars and while strengthening the ends of the guard also serve to connect the centers of the end portions of the same to the arch bars.

supporting bars and guide bars 4, 'for oscillating movement with respect to the said bars so that thecover may be disposed over ,either side of the trough. It will be under- In use the trough with my improved js hiftable guard is'disposed with its longitudinal center in line with a wall or fence which confines the animals so that one side a 'of the trough is on the inner side of said wall, orfence, and the other side of the trough is on the outer side thereof, the fence trough so as to exclude the animals therefrom, and to open the oppositetside of the trough and enable the feedto be readily placedjtherein. When'the feed isready the guard or cover is then shifted so as to open or uncover theinner side of the trough and close the outer side thereof, the guard when thus disposed permitting the animals to reach the feed in the trough as will be understood. While I have herein shown and described 'what I now regard as the preferred form of my invention, I would have it understood a that changes may be made in the. form,- construction and proportion of the several parts within the scope of my invention, as definedby the appended claim.

To look the cover or guard in either position, I provide a double hook 17, which is ivoted on'the center of one of the arch ars, and may be swung into engagement with the projecting end 11 of the rod 10. The trough may be of any suitable form. The guard may, if preferred, be made of corrugated iron.

I claim A device of the character described having parallel transverse end walls, a trough centrally arranged between said end walls, supporting bars of substantially circular form having spaced ends disposed in parallel relation and adapted to be secured to the inner faces of the end walls on opposite sides of said trough, each of said supporting bars having a pair of curved slots therein concentric with relation to the bars, each of said slots extending from the upper end slots in the respective supporting bars, and

the other studs on the ends of said guard being disposed in the lower ends of the other slots of the respective supporting bars,

and U-shaped guide members secured to the periphery of the guard at each of its ends and einbracingthe curved supporting bars to hold the ends of the guard out of frict-ional contact with said bars and prevent longitudinal movement of the guard therebetween.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. GAYLOR.

Witnesses:

W. A. Sm'rLn, E. E. LOLLAR. 

